BTCUSDT The brief crypto rally following Trump’s Truth Social announcement on Sunday was swiftly erased, with risk assets broadly retreating and wiping out most of Sunday’s gains. This sell-off was exacerbated by Trump’s renewed push for tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, reinforcing investor concerns over escalating trade tensions.
The surprise inclusion of XRP, SOL, and ADA tokens in the reserve has divided the crypto community, with the initial euphoria over the project’s merits giving way to deeper scrutiny. Questions are now emerging about potential contradictions with DOGE’s cost-cutting measures, as well as the opaque source of funding for this reserve accumulation.
This downturn could intensify pressure on Trump, especially after the strong support and donations he received from the crypto community during his campaign. Even the SEC’s latest move — pausing and dismissing enforcement cases against crypto firms — failed to stem the sell-off, underscoring broader risk aversion in the market.
After a month of subdued cross-asset volatility, market anxiety has resurfaced with the prospect of tit-for-tat tariffs dampening global growth sentiment. This shift is evident in the 10-year Treasury yield dropping 50 bps over the past two weeks, the VIX surging past 22, and BTC front-end vols repricing sharply — up 8 points since the weekend, with skew shifting significantly toward puts.
BTCUSDT Samson Mow, CEO of Jan3, warned Trump about the cryptocurrency reserve plan, pointing out that if the plan includes random altcoins, it may cause chaos and turn it into a pure speculative game. The real strategy should give priority to POW assets such as BTC, LTC and XMR.
DOGEUSDT I’m worried about the monthly MACD crossing to the downside on the NASDq. Past history show dramatic pullback on crypto. Anyone else thinking the same?
BTCUSDT Binance announced that it will delist all non-MiCA compliant stablecoin trading pairs in the European Economic Area starting March 31, including USDT, FDUSD, TUSD, USDP, DAI, AEUR, UST, USTC, and PAXG. Binance recommends that users convert these assets to MiCA compliant stablecoins such as USDC, EURI, or the euro (EUR).
BTCUSDT White House AI and cryptocurrency czar David Sacks and his firm Craft Ventures both sold their direct cryptocurrency holdings soon after Trump’s inauguration. That includes all holdings in bitcoin, solana and ethereum. David Sacks also confirmed this on X. Sacks is in the process of a government ethics review, after which he will provide a full update on his holdings.
BTCUSDT Cronos, a L1 blockchain issued by Cryptocom, proposed to reissue 70 billion burned tokens into the strategic reserve custody wallet to restore the total supply of tokens to the initial supply of 100 billion CRO. The total vesting period reaches 10 years, and the vesting will be linearly carried out once a month.